The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!

It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life.

To keep on trying in spite of disappointment and failure is the only way to keep young and brave. Failures become victories if they make us wise-hearted.

Smells are the fallen angels of the senses.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

How spiritually blind are men that they fail to see that we are bound together. We rise or fall together; we are dwarfed or godlike, free or chained, together.

I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears.